YHWH

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YHWH is the God of the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible). In some forms of Gnosticism, YHWH is often considered to have been the Demiurge, not the Monad, or sometimes different passages are interpreted as referring to each.

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When

First attested
1500 BCE
Attested period
-1500 – 1907
Historical notes
God of the Old Testament.

Relationships

manifests as
Angel of the Lord

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Sources

Source passages

“In these forms of Gnosticism, the God of the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible), YHWH, is often considered to have been the Demiurge, not the Monad, or sometimes different passages are interpreted as referring to each.”

#25543 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Appearances of the "angel of the Lord" may leave the reader with the question of whether an angel or YHWH had appeared. Apart from the view that "the angel of the Lord is just that—an angel", there are a variety of interpretations, e.g. that the angel is an earthly manifestation of the God of Israel or of Jesus Christ.”

#25736 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Thus says yhwh, the God of Israel: Each of you put sword on thigh, go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay sibling, neighbor, and kin.”

#25969 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5